Evans family papers, 1940-1967

MLMSS 8209

fonds

1940-1967

442945

0.17 metres of textual material (1 box)

H. Vaughan Evans was born in England in 1924, the son of Mr and Mrs W. Burden Evans of Bossiney, North Cornwall. He served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. After the war he worked for Lloyd's of London until 1955, when he migrated to Australia. He worked for the Prudential Assurance Company until his retirement in 1984.

Vaughan developed his interest in maritime history in England, where he founded the Thames Shiplovers' Society and was an active member of the Society for Nautical Research. In Australia, together with Frank Broeze and John Bach, Vaughan established the AAMH in 1978. He served as the first Secretary and edited the quarterly newsletter from its inception in January 1980 until shortly before his death on 17 November 1993. Vaughan also co-edited, with John Bach, the AAMH's journal, The Great Circle, between 1983 and 1988.

Vaughan played a key role in the establishment of the Australian National Maritime Museum, in Sydney, which opened in 1991 and named its reference library after him in 1993. Meanwhile, in 1988, the Australian bicentennial year, Vaughan was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to maritime history.

In February 1960 Vaughan became engaged to Halcyon Pratt, an illustrator, daughter of Bruce Pratt and Pixie O'Harris.

Reference:
Australian Association for Maritime History http://www.aamh.asn.au/vevans.html (accessed January 18, 2012)
Sydney Morning Herald, February 18, 1960, p. 12

Folder 1
Letters received by Vaughan Evans from his mother in England, including letters from his sister Margaret Solaway, niece Elizabeth and nephew Richard, 1955-1959

Folder 2
Letters received by Vaughan Evans from his mother in England, including letters from his father, sister, niece and nephew, and letters addressed to Halcyon, 1960-1961; letters from Vaughan Evans to his mother, including details of travels in India, New Zealand, and outback New South Wales, 1945-1946, 1957, 1967; letters from Vaughan Evans to Halcyon Evans, 1965; letters from Vaughan's brother Roy Evans to his mother, 1940

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